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Prevalence and correlates of fecal incontinence among nursing home residents: a population-based cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Fecal incontinence is highly prevalent among nursing home residents. Previous nursing home studies have identified co-morbidity associated with fecal incontinence, but as this population is increasingly old and frail, we wanted to see if the rate of fecal incontinence had increased and t...

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Autores principales: Saga, Susan, Vinsnes, Anne Guttormsen, Mørkved, Siv, Norton, Christine, Seim, Arnfinn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24119057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-87